Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer, will give you full authority over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock icon on the right side of each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and initiate the transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.